Tractor attachment



May 29, i923, 1,456,668

J. Q BILLING@ Y Tamron Awmcmsm Filed sept. 24, 1921, '2 sheets-sheet 1 w 2 M /W 6 .w f. i m 6 m ma m 5 S u w. A v E .n m S l 2 M Tl A Smm f GM mm; L 2 BR-W Qms YJ.R. T..lV F

May 29, w23.

Patented May 2Q, w23,

Unirse ananas .testata Tosrnn armor Brumes, or melanoma, Louisiana.

TnacTon ATTACHMENT.

` Application tiled September 2t, 1921. Serial No. $028,945. l

To all 'whom t concern.:

Be it known thm, JosIAH QUINCY BILL- INes, a citizen of the United States, residin at Hammond, in the parish of Tangipaioa and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tractor Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements tin tractor attachments, 1 and more particularly to means for attaching an implement or implements to any well known make of tractoi','the main object of the present invention being the provision of an attachin device whereby diii'erent types of agriculgt readily attached to various forms and types of tractoi in use'at the present time, and whereby tshe agricultural 'implements may be adjusted with respect to the tractor and raised and lowered when so desired.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of'a device forlattaching implements to any well known make of tractor wherein means is provided for equalizing the power necessary to raise or lower the implements attached to the tractor.

Another objectof the invention is the pro-` vision of an attaching device whereby agricultural implements may be quickly and readily attached to any well blown make-of tractor or detached therefrom and the raising and lowering of the implement be readily controlledirom thevseat lof the operator,

the implement.V being# also retained in a raised orloweredtposition as desired, and also to provide melaniev for adjusting 'the impltnnents laterally after being attached to the tractor.

A further object of the invention is 'the provision ot an attaching. device whereby agricultural .implements may' be attachedv to a tractor 1n such a ymanner that both the implement and the tractor will be arranged as one unit,\thus decreasing the turning raural implementsmay be quickly and.

von the housings.

l dius of the tractor and implement so that v50 the tractor may be used on small farms and small' leces of land with greatadvantage. Wit the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set iforth, pointed out in the claims and shown' 1n the accompanying drawipgs, in which:

Figure l 1s atop plan view of a tractor and implement connected by means ot my improved attachment, and

Figure 2 is a side elevation. In the accompanyin drawings, the nu meral l indicates the bo y portion of a tractor which may be of any well known type hav- 'ing driving shafts 2 for the wheels 3, which are supported'at the ends of -the housings 4. Mountedupon these housings 4t adjacent each of the wheels 3 are saddle blocks. At the rear of each block is a plate 6 and at the ,iront thereof is an npturned arm Aot a draw bar 48. Bolts 9 passing through/arms 7 and plate 6 secure the hlocks -in position The blocks 5 are provided with suitable recesses 10' for the reception of the housing-,4. The rear ends of the draw bars 8 are extended inwardly in longitudinal alignment to form a divided shaft l1 upon which,Y bearing sleeves 12 are mounted." These bearing sleeves are connected by'mean's ofthe rods or bars 13 to each section of theimplement which is to be attached tothe tractor,'in the present instance, a disc, harrow or pulverizer is shown as attached to the tractor, the implement in the present form being constructed in two sections, each of said sections being attached toone of the bars 1-3.

The adjacentends ot' the shaft sections l1 are straddled vby U-bolts '14 which extend through a plate 15, said plate being attached in any suitable manner to the body of `the tractor and serving to brace said sections.

in order to rovide means for raising and lowering ,thefimplement which is generali 95 indicated by the numeral 16a crank sha 17 isr provided, the ends of which are vmounted within suitable openings formed in the blocks 5. Stub arms 18 having suita- 17, a hooked plate ble f shaft-receivin bearlngs 19 are. connected to the cra portion 2() of the shaft 17. The bearings are separable as' indicated- Mounted swingable member 22, the pivot bolt being indicated at 23. Movable within the outer ends ofthe guides 22 are the` ends of the connecting rods 24, the other endsfof said rods being suitably connected by means of the hooks 25 to the sections 16 of theimplement. In order to cushion the movement of thepsections of the implement 'during its passage over rough and uneven ground, suitable coil springs 26 and 26 are m'ounted u on the rods 24 on either side of abutment 2 intermediate the ends of the member 22.

Inorder to provide means for raising and lowering the sections 16 of the implement, a hand lever 28 is connected to the shaft 17. In order to allow proper angular adjustment between the lever and crank shaft 29 is connected to the lever and to the adjacent angular extension of the crank portion 20, the hooked end of the plate engaging said extension and the "other end being adjustably connected to the lever as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2. .From this, it will be apparent that the lever 28 may be adjusted upon the -plate 29 to regulate the required raising and lowering of the sections 16. The lever 28 carries a spring actuated pawl 30 adaptedto engage the ment 31 to retain the lever justed positions on block 5. In Fig. 2 the lever 2 8 is shown in its forward position wherein the sec- 28 in various adtions 16 ofthe implement have been raised from the ground and when it is desiredv to lower these sections, the l pawl 30 is disengaged from the teeth of the rack 31, the lever 28 being moved rearwardly toward the implement. It will be noted that the lever 28 lis arranged directly adjacent the operators seat so that the sections 16 can be quickly and readilyoperated to be raised vor lowered at the'will of the operator.

In'order to equalize the power necessary to raise or lower the sections of the implement, suitable coil springs 32 are provided, one end of-each being attached by means of a tie .bolt33 to the plate^ 6, while the pther ends of-said springs are attached to the implement through the links 34.'l The two sections of the 'implement are adjustably connected together by lhaving the arms 34 attached to the forward end of each section, the inner ends,` of said arms being larranged in overlappedrelation and retained in various adjusted positions by means of the connect the inner ends of From this it willq be apparent the arm is a laterally of the draw bar.

teeth of the seg-l the segment being mounted .that they-sections 16 maybe readily adjusted toward and away fromueach other, vthe memyber, 22'which supports. the rods 25` being` movable upon the pivot pin 23.

It willbe noted that the sections 16 of the implement may be adjusted toward and awayfrom each other the sleeves 12 sliding upon'the divided. shaft 11 constituting .part

It will be ,noted that by having the plate 29 provided with a plurality of perforations, the relative movement lof the lever 28"may be adjusted upon'this plate to regulate the height l to which the sections 16 maybe raised. It will also be apparent that this device which isy utilizedfor attaching various types of v agricultural implements to tractors may be quickly and readily applied to any well known make of= tractor and readily attached'to various types ofagriculf tural implements.

Iclaim: j'

1. A device of the' class described including a pair of spaced blocks adapted for connection to a vehicle, a -U-sha'ped'draw'bary having its 'terminals' connected; to'4 said blocks, implement connecting bars sli'dably lmounted upon the draw bara crank shaft mounted across said `bearing blocks, connecting rods one end with the crank shaft and at the other end to the connecting bars, vand a lever.

having pivotal connectionV at for actuating said crank shaft as and `for the purpose set forth.

2. A .device of the character describedv including la pair of4 spa-ced blocks adapted for connection to V'a vehicle, a draw bar extending between said blockl to thejre'ar thereof, turnable and laterally movable vehicle-connecting bars carried by the draw bar, a crank sh'afthav'ing its en ds supported by said blocks, stub arms .carried by the cranky shaft, guide members swingably conv nected with said arms, rods connected at one endl to said connecting bars and at their f other ends to 'said guide members, and a lever connected with the -crank shaft v t0 actuate said connecting rods. 1

3. A' device of the class described including a pair of spaced blocks, draw bars connected thereto, implement connecting bars connected to the draw bars, a crank shaft having its ends vsupportedv by the 'bearing blocks, stub tion of the crank shaft, connecting rods pivotally connected with lthefstub arms at one end, lcushion means betweenjsaid rods and implement connecting bars, and an operating lever having connection'with the crank arms carried byv the crankf porshaft "to actuate the same asand -for the purpose set forth.

' 4. A'device of the class describedl including` bearing blocks, draw ,bars connected thereto, connecting bars Ilaterally movable 5. The combination with a bail-like draW bar having means at its terminals adapted for attachment to a vehicle, a pair of im- 10 plement-connecting arms swingably and laterally supported by the draw bar, a crank shaft supported by said terminal means, a

resilient pitman extending between the free end of said armsv and the crank shaft and means pivotally connecting said pitman 15V to the crank shaft.

In testimony whereof l aiiX my signature.

JOSIAH QUENCY BLLINGS. 

